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Wow, is blogging dead?

Posted by johnG on 24th February , 2010

It appears that FB is killing blogging

Testing Video Post

Posted by johnG on 28th September , 2009

Facebook profile

Posted by johnG on 4th September , 2009

John Pretto Create Your Badge

Me and my Father’s Father

Posted by johnG on 7th February , 2009

How far is the Horizon??

Posted by johnG on 17th January , 2009

    “The square root of your height (or elevation) in feet times 1.2 equals the distance to your horizon in miles. So, how high would Sarah Palin’s house have to be inorder to see Russia?: Wasilla, Alaska, is 1130 km from Russia. How high above the Earth’s surface do you have to be to [...]

Yup! “Burrrrppp”

Posted by johnG on 16th January , 2009

Windows 7 Build 7000 Install on older laptop

Posted by johnG on 3rd January , 2009

Windows 7 Ultimate Installation log 1.       Burn copy of Window 7 Build 7000 ISO on Mac “just in case.” 2.       Backup data files on Dell Inspiron laptop (Window Vista Capable) 1Gig Ram 1.87G Duo 140GHDD 3.       Put Windows Disc in Machine and boot from CD a.       Select Upgrade Path                                                                i.      “Cannot Upgrade from Window [...]

Do you care?

Posted by johnG on 24th December , 2008

Pondering about Holiday vernacular.

Posted by johnG on 21st December , 2008

Pondering about Holiday vernacular. What is all this fuss about Christmas? Well, people say “Oh, you can’t say Christmas because it is offensive to other religions…” blah, blah, blah. The politically correct crowd says “Happy Holidays.” That seems to cover it all, eh? Well I did a bit of research this morning and found this [...]

Got to Love Physics Students

Posted by johnG on 19th December , 2008

Jesus Christ — “Your Lord and Savior.”

Posted by johnG on 7th November , 2008

Parents Computer Support

Posted by johnG on 7th October , 2008

My Mother called and said “My computer keeps telling me to install “A Dopey Flasher” —Adobe Flash!!!! LOL

Testing Live Writer from Microsoft

Posted by johnG on 17th September , 2008

Helloworld.com – this is a test from Windows Live writer.

Giant House Party May 31st

Posted by johnG on 29th May , 2008

ICK

Posted by johnG on 6th May , 2008

Found this on www.digg.com: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14647 Funny how I use www.twitter.com as my MAIN source of news these days instead of www.digg.com or www.slashdot.org. The Internet is “a-changing.” Cheers as I tip my glass of Pinot Noir to you — yes you! john…  

Intel Builds 6-Core CPU

Posted by johnG on 18th April , 2008

John Giovanni’s Birthday

Posted by johnG on 31st March , 2008

Today is the day after my birthday March 30th. I had a wonderful birthday because I have such a wonderful family and friends. I got to spend time with my Father, John Italo and brother Robert. Additionally, all of the Pretto clan called me.  Then, we and the boys had an extra special Sunday Night Supper [...]

ok, ok here we go!

Posted by Chuck on 15th March , 2008

So we are lowering our carbon footprint with the purchase of our new Smart car from mercedes. Her name is Blanca! She’s a blast to drive and gets a ton of looks from everyone.